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RADIO MARKET CREDIT FOR THE AWARD
AC/Oldies Station of the Year WWLW – Clarksburg Large WWLW Magic 106.5 WHAJ – Bluefield Medium WHAJ J104 WDYK – Cumberland Unranked WDYK FM Magic 100.5
CHR Station of the Year WVAQ – Morgantown Large WVAQ FM WKQB-WKQR – Bluefield Medium Kiss FM WQZK – Keyser Unranked WQZK FM
County Station of the Year WKKW Large WKKW WAMN AM – WELC AM Medium Willie 97.3 WVMD Cumberland Unranked WVMD FM
News/Talk Station of the Year WAJR – Morgantown Large WAJR AM WEPM – Martinsburg Unranked WEPM – AM
Rock Station of the Year WKAZ-FM Large Jeff Adams WRZZ FM Medium WRZZ FM WFBY FM Unranked WFBY FM
Legendary Station of the Year WELC 1150 – AM Welch WELC 1150 AM
On-Air Personality WVAQ FM Large Lacy Neff WGGE-FM Medium Charlos Angelo WCDK Unranked Jude Sheets
Best Morning Show WVAQ FM Large The Kevin Connoley Morning Show WHKX-WHQX: Kicks Country Medium Kicks Country – Doug Dillion WSWW FM: GC in the Morning Unranked Greg Carter WDYK-FM Magic Morning Show Unranked WDYK-FM Magic Morning Show
Best Newscast WCHS-AM Large John Kerkhoff WVNT-AM Medium Shawn Jones WEPM-AM Unranked Hans Fogle
Best Talk Show WAJR AM “Morgantown AM” Large Kay Murray & Jim Stallings WSWW FM: “Tradio on 3WS” Unranked Greg Carter
Best Sportscast WAJR AM Large Chip Fontanazza Adventure Radio Medium Adventure Radio Sports WEIR Unranked Joey Klepack & Kevin Elias
Best Play-by-Play WAJR-FM: Bridgeport Indians Football Large Travis Jones WVNT-AM: Parkersburg Catholic Football Medium WGGE – FM WCDK: 106.6 The River Unranked Joey Klepack & Kevin Elias
Best Spot News or Event Coverage WCHS-AM: Pedophile Policeman Large Shauna Johnson WGGE-FM: Hop for Hope Radiothon Medium WGGE-FM WCDK: “Weirton Water Crisis” Unranked Cindy Taylor
Best Radio Promotion WVAF-FM: V100 Junior Genius Steve Bishop & Jenny Murray WSTG-FM: Battleship – Star 95.9 Battleship – Star 95.9
Best Radio Creative WV Radio Corp: “Kid Care Kid” Sarah Shaver WGGE-FM: Vogue Swift Cleaners Charlos Angelo
Best Radio Website WVAQ: WVAQ.com Tim Loughry & Patrick Rinehart
NETWORK
Network Special Series WAJR AM 1440/WAJR FM 103.3: Inside Shale… Inside Shale/WVONGA
Network Long-Form News Program Metro News: Game Night Fred Persinger, Dave Jecklin, Garret Cullen
Network Newscast Metro News Jeff Jenkins
Network Talk Show Metro News: West Virginia Outdoors Chris Lawrence
Festival Award for Television Excellence in Community Outreach Mountain Stage: Scotland Bob Wilkinson Excellence in Locally Produced Program Legislative Today Beth Vorhees
Network Sportscast Metro News: Metro News Sports Kyle Wiggs
TELEVISION
Best Community Outreach WSAZ TV: “Healthy Tri-State” Kevin Farrell WOWK TV: “Nicky’s Cancer Story” Sarah Lieu, Nicky Walters, Randy McKinney
Best Sportscast WVAH TV Mark Martin
Best Hard News Story WVAH TV: Elder Abuse Leslie Rubin
Best General Assignment Reporter WVAH TV Elizabeth Noreika
Best Coverage of Spot News WVVA TV: Virginia Tech Shootings WVVA News
Best Newscast: AM WCHS TV – Eyewitness News This Morning Rachel Tarr
Best Newscast: PM WCHS TV – Eyewitness News Martin Hicks
Best Anchor WCHS TV Deborah Linz
Best Weathercast WCHS TV Jim Barach
Best Photojournalist WVVA TV Mark Hughes WCHS TV Brad Rice
Best TV Website WDTV TV Susan Zorn
Best TV Creative WVVA TV: First Century Bank “Waiting on You” Andrew DePue, Nathan Hendrick
Station of the Year WSAZ TV WSAZ News Channel 3
John McKinney Excellence in Technology Award WTAP TV Kevin Buskirk |